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Sensitivity and specificity of point-of-care circulating Cathodic antigen test before and after praziquantel treatment in diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni infection in adult population co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1, North-Western Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) on CD4(+) Th(2) cells is hypothesized to affect parasitological diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni using Kato Katz technique. Thus, the use of more sensitive technique such as Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen (POC-CCA) test is...
Autores principales: | Mazigo, Humphrey D., Kepha, Stella, Kinung’hi, Safari M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6016140/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29983982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-018-0274-4 |
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